John Boik’s book Monster Stocks is in the lineage of Willaim O’Neil and Investors Business Daily and the CAN SLIM investment style. Not only has Mr. Boik written books about how legendary traders made millions in the stock market, but he also wrote this book about the stocks that made many traders a great deal […]
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Successful traders act more like business people than gamblers. They manage risk, manage inventory, follow trends, look for patterns in their ‘customers ‘ buying and selling, and work for profits not excitement, just like anyone else in any business for profit. There is one huge difference between the winners and the losers in the market.
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What’s not to love about Apple? Earnings growth, check. Long term supports on charts, check. Low P/E ratios with great growth for those that care about such things, check. Does it always, always, come back and push at all time highs? For many, many years, yes! Innovative world changing products? Well just little things like
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This article is for momentum traders, CAN SLIM traders, and Darvas Traders. Trading break out stocks is a great way to make money in the right up trending market with the right stocks. Apple and Google are up to their old tricks, taking over whole markets and laying waste to competitors. Their charts are just
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Trader, Know Thyself. What most determines your success in trading is not your chosen method and not even your risk management. It is you, you will be the one to chose whether you will make it or not. Your perseverance, your faith in your chosen system, you self control in position sizing, whether you can
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For a moment let’s put aside our personal opinions about George Soros and his politics and just look at what he has to say about how to trade successfully. On September 16, 1992 – later dubbed “Black Wednesday” — the day the British government abandoned the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), and the pound
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What wins championships in football? It is said to be a great defense is the main component of a championship football team. In football you win by scoring more points than the opposing team, this is much easier on the offensive side of the ball for a team if the defense keeps the score low.
A book review for: TREND COMMANDMENTS by Michael Covel This book is based on the author Michael Covel’s extensive 15-year study of the world’s top trend following traders such as Ed Seykota, Paul Tudor Jones, the Turtle Traders, Larry Hite, and many others. This is not a book filled with Mr. Covel’s opinions, as it’s
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In trading, money is simply made by making more money when you are on the right side of the trade than you lost when you were on the wrong side. That is rarely understood. Even many of the best traders in the world only win 50% of the time or less. In baseball the pitching
Systems don’t need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible. -Ed Seykota Traders can make psychological mistakes that can quickly endanger their career. Here are a few examples: They take on more risk than they can deal with. When stress takes over, traders start making bad
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